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Abstract
Victims of terrorism have the right to compensation under European law, but recent EU reports indicate that many experience secondary victimization during the application process. This article examines the interplay between the obligation to provide compensation and preventing secondary victimization during the application process for victims of terrorism through an analysis of European law and empirical evidence. Using compensation to victims of the terror attacks on 22 July 2011 in Norway as a case study, the article demonstrates how and why legal compensation procedures can cause secondary victimization. It suggests that merging legal instruments on the right to state compensation with instruments on victims’ rights to information, support, and protection could clarify the interconnection between the obligation to provide compensation and the responsibility of preventing secondary victimization for victims of terrorism and other vulnerable victims.
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